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That is an unfortunate red spot on the back of the shorts!! But, hell, what happens on the Tassie trip, stays on the Tassie trip!!

WTF? Welcome Bridgy. It is worth just looking at their cars - you really don't want to see many of their faces!!

Am I going blind, or is that a picture of the very rare '600Z'? (Sill sticker) are you running a 6 litre under the bonnet. Of course I could simply be going blind

Can I suggest you approach someone like Shannons and obtain a pre-crash valuation? They will be significantly more accurate and reasonable than HER insurance companies valuation.

Looks pretty horny. Love the wheels. Good luck with the sale, but I don't think you'll need much luck. I'm sure it will go fast.

Good work John. Seeing those prices, it does make me wonder about $52K for a 260?? Amazing looking car, but $52K?? Having said that it would be good to find a 'good trade' 240 for $5-6K.

Are we getting more than a little of topic??? Webbered Six wants to sell a motor, not host a long discussion on L20's - unless I'm mistaken. Anyone buying his monster motor??

My name is Simon, and I dream about becoming a sand-blasting addict!!!

You guys are thinking about this all wrong. Where do you get more of those black stripes?? they could save me a shiver load of money in the short term.

Ditto. Where are you in WA? Postcode?

If it runs and is safe to drive, then get Unregistered vehicle permits (probably in the 3 states) and drive it back. Each permit will be about $20 and will cover your TAC insurance and prevent nasty fines. I don't know, but maybe just one from SA will cover the whole trip. You just need a single trip permit and they are cheap. A call to the SA version of VicRoads or RTA (I can't remember what it is called over there) will answer that question for you. If it's not running, then I can't think of a cheaper way than going and picking it up on a trailer and driving it back. Pretty sure you can take a trailer onto the ferry (will probably cost the same as 2 cars though).

Nothing smart to say. Just want to able to find this post again easily. Want to me able to look at Mossy's underside whenever I want. Stop thinking smutty and look at page 1. Love your rails, too SpaBoy!! (don't you wish you had that name now?!) Could have been worst you could have combined your spa business with you Zed passion and been SPAZED!!! :-\

Thanks Tim. Might start a seperate post on recommended tools/toys.

G'day Tim, Looking good. What size compressor did you get to run your sand-blaster? Do you run anything else from it? I'm looking to get one that will run a sand_blaster, but be able to run air tools (chisel) and maybe a paint gun. Not at the same time, obviously. I'm not that good

Have a great trip fellas. Be safe.

Both these examples have the same momentum "perhaps its the moron behind the wheel to blame and not the vehicle." Spot on.

Sorry to hear about your lose. Whilst the emotional scars will never truely heal, I hope no-one was physically injured.

ZZZ8, whilst I continue to be amazed (I should know better by now) with the serious offenders avoiding gaol by blaming their parents, their drugs/alcohol, society in general etc. Traffic law is new and quite different. Traffic law contains many mandatory sentences. Drink driving is one of them. (Others are speed and suspended/disqualified driving.) Double penalties for second offence in 10 years and a sentence for subsequent offences. Jeff Kennet brought in mandatory sentences for offences where guns or knives are used. Subsequent labor govts have reduced these sentences to almost nonexistent. Brumby is now considering going back to the way Jeff set it up. But very much off topic. Driving at 140 on most of our freeways would be safer if all were doing 140, but they don't. Everyone thinks they are good drivers, and we all know that few people really are any good at it. Even those that are good at it, aren't good at it ALL the time. A myriad of distractions divert attention (frequently it is the ridiculously high number of signs on our roads, not including the distractions within our own cars (Kids, radio, CD etc). Just 'cause we can drive at 200 on a race track (without passengers, no radio, no phone, no smokes, not eating lunch and no traffic lights, no side streets, no cars doing 60 in a 100 zone) we are concentrating at our highest ability, doesn't mean we can travel over 100 on the freeway. I believe that speeding is dangerous, selfish and short sighted. My 2 cents.

Thanks guys. Was good to catch up in a more personal way. Graet to put faces to names and love to see what Zeds look like on the road instead of on bottles!!

for those wanting a definition of a 'hoon', just read my earlier post. NimOzed, your employee is just thye sort of bloke who has his car crushed. Not the first time he's caught, but the third. Driving while suspended has a manditory one month sentence on second conviction. His car isn't crushed until his third. In even the thickest of heads, that should be enough warning. Too many people feel that a licence is a right, rather than a priviledge that needs to be earned and respected. Rev, I agree with you, but the point of punitive measures is to educate ramifications for actions in an attempt to modify behaviour. This sort of education was leveled on us by parents and teachers. Now it would seem that both have been disempowered and the youth of today are lacking in that area, to both their and our detriment. ZZ8, you don't have your car crushed for a 20 second indescretion. It is your third 20 second indescretion. By the way can any tell me for how long one needs to be 'indescrete' to kill someone? I have never heard of a person having 5-10 convictions for drink driving and not going to gaol. As for a drink drive who kills a ped not spending some time away, can't recall a single case. It's called culpable driving and carries a sentence of up to 15 years. Most sentences I see are in the order of about 7 years. Compared to when I was young, cars are faster, cheaper (relative to wages) and money is easier to get. They no longer buy the Mazda 1300 or Tyota Corrola, now it's 3litre VR's, Skylines, et al. Reimpower parents before it's too late to prevent the continual carnage.

or this one? http://cars2.ebay.com.au/datsun-260z-2-2-1976-bare-shell-LOW-RESERVE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ230429260631 Very tired in WA but $50 at time of this post

did anyone see this one? http://cars2.ebay.com.au/DATSUN-260Z-2-2-1975-AUTOMATIC-MAG-WHEELS-71393-KMS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ160397466802 Ends tonight at about 8:30

You're right Waxhead. They really want us to keep driving like d'heads so they can make a bit more money out of us. They really want us to speed and especially run red lights without a seat belt on whilst on the phone, they really like us doing that! They like us to burn things too. They must 'cause the fines are big for that. Graffiti and selling drugs are another of their favorites. It's all another tax and they sit around laughing at us and counting the money we give them. But it after all it's the only volunatary tax we have. From your bitterness, I'm guessing that you pay my share for me, so thank you.

How much do you reckon it costs to relay 30 or 40 metres of road that has been ripped to poo? A few fines won't cover it!

Don't know about Qld but in Vic the definition of a 'Hoon' for the vehicle impound provisions is clearly defined. Drive at 45 k's or more over the speed limit - I think all would be happy with that. INTENTIONAL loss of traction - the key is intentional! Not a chirp taking off from the lights. To prove intent it is necessary to be able to give evidence of time of wheel spin, this is often supported with evidence of number of fishtails and increased or maintained high engine RPM. NB: this also covers motorcycle monos - the front wheel no longer has traction. This can also cover the handbrake turns and the like - again must show INTENTION. A person found driving whilst their licence is suspended or disqualified, if they have been found guilty of either offence since July, 2006. They are now looking at adding drink driving offences to the list. In Vic the car is impounded for 48 hrs, then at court if the second impound application for 3 months or if the 3rd or later impound application is made for forfeiture. The cars that are forfeited are ALL destroyed. None are ever sold. I have heard the argument that places should be provided for burnout nuts to be able to do it somewhere lawfully. This argument sharts me. Firstly there have been places that have done it. There was one in Campbellfield, but the hoons had to pay $25 bucks to drive in there, so they did it outside. then they bitched that the coppers picked them up when they left for unroadworthy - too bad, drive a roadworthy car! In the end the business was losing to much money, so stopped doing it. Then there are car clubs and racetracks all over the country, but they couldn't join one of those, could they?? I don't believe for a minute, that the Govt's should have to put any money into providing somewhere for these hoons to spin their wheels. The money would be better spent in other areas. Sorry to get on the soapbox, but seen to many kids kill or injure themselves or someone else, to have any sympathy for there desires to do burnouts.